Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Which should we pick?

We help you choose based on how your team actually works. Microsoft 365 suits desktop-dependent teams and most regulated firms; Google Workspace suits browser-first collaboration. We support both equally, and our advice depends on your team, not on commission.

Can you move us off our current setup?

Yes. Email history, files and calendars migrate in the background while your team keeps working, with a planned cutover for the final switch. We scope the timeline honestly once we've seen the environment.

Can we keep our phone numbers?

Yes. We port your existing numbers across with no interruption. Calls keep working throughout, and the numbers stay registered to your business.

Are we overspending on licences?

We audit usage as part of onboarding and show you exactly what you'd save by moving people to the tier that fits their job. Licence reviews then run before every renewal, not after.

How does this connect to the rest of the platform?

Identity from Connect is what Secure enforces controls on, what Portal authenticates against, and what Automation uses to know who a person is when a workflow runs. It is the same tenant and the same accounts throughout, which is why one team running all of it matters.

Managed Microsoft 365, Google Workspace & Business Communications

Your productivity suite, your email and your phones are how your business talks, to customers and to itself. Bought off the shelf they are half-configured, over-licensed and owned by whoever set them up. Foundry Connect runs them as one system, on one identity, integrated with the security, automation and client-facing parts of the platform.

Productivity

Item	What it means for your business
Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace	Your tenant set up correctly, migrated from wherever you are now, and administered day to day. Starters ready on day one; leavers removed the same day.
Professional email	Addresses on your own domain, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC configured so your mail is trusted and impersonation of your domain is harder. Aliases, shared mailboxes and team inboxes as standard.
Collaboration	Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive (or shared drives on Google) structured with permissions and sharing defaults that let people find things and keep outsiders out. This is also the groundwork for any AI assistant you later run over your documents.
Backup	Microsoft and Google do not back up your data in the way you think. We do. See Recovery Assurance.

Communications

Item	What it means for your business
Cloud telephony	Your existing numbers ported with no interruption. Desk phones for those who want them, apps for everyone else; menus, queues, voicemail-to-email and call recording included.
Teams telephony	If your team lives in Microsoft Teams, calls can live there too: one app for chat, meetings and the phone.
Failover	Internet down? Calls route to mobiles automatically. The office can lose power and people can still reach you.

Identity

Item	What it means for your business
MFA and Conditional Access	Multi-factor authentication for everyone, with sign-in rules that block the attacks that bypass it.
Account lifecycle	One request creates the account, the mailbox, the licence, the groups and the device assignment. One request removes all of it. With Foundry Automation, the request becomes the workflow.
Licensing	Every user on the cheapest tier that actually fits their job, reviewed before renewal.

Communications and Microsoft 365, run as one system